2019 Race Goals

Last December, I posted here that my goal for 2018 was to complete my first Full Ironman, and as you know if you’ve been following my journey, I am proud to say that I accomplished that goal! Now, what’s next? In 2019, I have penciled in a season that, if I am lucky, will build to the biggest race in triathlon… the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i on October 12, 2019. I say “if I am lucky” because as a physically challenged athlete, I will be entering a lottery and hoping my name is one of the 5 people drawn to go to Hawaii next year. That’s 5 total, not 5 men and 5 women, just 5…

As I was deciding what races I wanted to do in 2019, I wanted to make sure I was being mindful of the chance that I could get drawn for Kona, but also building a season that would leave me feeling accomplished even if that isn’t in the cards next year because I won’t find out if I get to go to Hawaii until June.